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Handling fish leaves a less than pleasant smell on your hands. Whether you are fishing, gutting, cleaning the fish, or even enjoying a live lobster dinner, that fishy smell remains long after the fun is over. There are many options to remove that fishy smell off your hands. Choose whichever one easier for you.

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Try any of the following:

Cut a fresh lemon into wedges. After you are finished handling the fish, squeeze the lemon onto your hands, rub your hands together, and rinse with water.

Rub your hands with toothpaste, then rub together, and rinse under water.

Use a soap specifically made for removing fish odors, like De-Fishing Soap.

surgical spirit works well

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One Step Solution: Whether its raw fish smell or stink bait smell lingering on your fingers after fishing for catfish. Seriously, it takes just one wash with Head&Shoulders Intensive Treatment shampoo to get it out. Try it for yourself.

Rub some vinegar onto your hands. FYI, vinegar can get rid of bleach smell off your hands too in an instant!

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 35 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 293,722 times.